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Mesoscale Discussion 336

March 24, 2007Fremont County, Mills County, Pottawattamie County, Iowa; 4 counties in Kansas; 41 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 24, 2007, 2:14 AM CDT for Fremont County, Mills County, Pottawattamie County, Iowa; 4 counties in Kansas; 41 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 2007, 2:14 AM CDT (07:14 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2007, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 48 counties

Fremont County, IA, Mills County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Jewell County, KS, Republic County, KS, Smith County, KS, Washington County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Clay County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Gage County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Valley County, NE, Washington County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2007-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 112 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2007-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1106 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 7:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne2 hr
Mar 23, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Ellsworth, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln, McPherson and 4 more4 hr
Mar 23, 8:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney and 14 more116 min
Mar 23, 11:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Logan and 10 more2 hr
Mar 24, 5:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins and 5 more93 min
Mar 24, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.